Two leading candidates for Miami Mayor — Emilio González and Eileen Higgins — are condemning the city’s continued effort to delay the November 2025 election to 2026, despite two court rulings declaring the move unconstitutional.

In sharply worded statements, both criticized the city of Miami’s latest legal maneuver : an en banc motion filed in the 3rd District Court of Appeal seeking reconsideration of a three-Judge panel’s unanimous decision late last month to uphold a lower court’s ruling striking down the city’s ordinance to postpone the election.

González, a Republican and former City Manager, blasted the appeal as a deliberate attempt to obstruct the democratic process.

“This is not about legal nuance — it’s about an out-of-control government trying to steal an elect

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